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A group has filed an application with the city to rename Calhoun Square, named for John C. Calhoun, but the process to make that happen is complex.

NYC Schools Cancel Columbus for ‘Indigenous’ Day, Add Juneteenth as Holiday Julia Marsh and David Meyer, New York Post, May 4, 2021 New York City schools have canceled the Columbus Day holiday, replacing it with an Indigenous Peoples’ Day, while also making Juneteenth a school holiday and getting rid of snow days altogether. The city Department of Education called Oct. 11 “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in the 2021-2022 calendar it posted on its website Tuesday, flagging the beginning and end dates for the school year as well as winter and spring recesses but not the big changes within ...

The Secretary of State has reappointed Sir Laurie Magnus as Chair of Historic England Sir Laurie Magnus has been reappointed by the Secretary of State as Chair of Historic England for a two year period from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2023. From: 9 April 2021 Laurie Magnus was appointed as Chair of The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (then known as English Heritage and now known as Historic England) on 1st September, 2013. He oversaw the launch in 2015 of Historic England under its new brand and the establishment of the English Heritage Trust, as a separate chari...